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Pilgrims Land at Plymouth Rock
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Settlement of Cape Anne/Salem
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Establishment of the MBC and Boston
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Settlement of Concord
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Settlement of Woburn
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Incorporation of Woburn as a town
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Indians sign treaty with Chelmsford and the Mass General Court giving up their claim/right to use the land of Westford as their hunting grounds
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For first time, Chelmsford withdraws all opposition and officially recognizes the West precinct
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Settlement of Groton
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Establishment of the Plantation of Chelmsford
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First Known Allotments of land within Westford's borders are established
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First known permanant settler of Westford, Solomon Keyes, builds a house on Francis Hill
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First male in Westford is erected on Saw-Mill Meadow Brook
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King Phillip's War begins
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King Phillip's War ends
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Groton abandoned after an Indian attack that burns much of the town
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First mill in Forge Village is erected
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Members of the West part of Chelmsford petition the Mass. General Court to become a distinct parish/precinct
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Incorporation of the town of Littleton
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First Known petition asking for the establishment of a West precinct of Chelmsford submitted
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Surveying of the Sight for Westford's first meeting house
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Incorporation of the town of Chelmsford
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Mass. General Court gives the people of the Western part of the town of Chelmsford permission to form a separate religious society, by the name of the "West Precinct" of Chelmsford
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Establishment of the First Parish Church of Westford
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Incorporation of Westford
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End of Indian War's In Massachusetts
